14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and make sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.


In Context

11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out. And they met together by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, these on the one side of the pool, and those on the other side of the pool.

14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and make sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

15 And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is by Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then Abner said to Joab, "Let's have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us." "All right, let them do it," Joab said.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Abner said to Joab, |Please let the young men arise and play before us!| Joab said, |Let them arise!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner saith unto Joab, 'Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;' and Joab saith, 'Let them rise.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.